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MEDFORD, Massachusetts — Pictures of poverty-stricken neighborhoods and residents depict a common catalog of gruesome imagery: the exposed rib cage, the shoddy living quarters and the torn, hand-me-down clothing. These are what one expects to see in impoverished communities, but images often depict more than this. One such display is the bloated stomach. To many it is perplexing, intuitively gross and difficult to explain. How is it possible, after all, that poor kids get such big bellies? The answer is no, not necessarily.
Kwashiorkor: Why Starving Kids Have Big Bellies
Adopted from Ethiopia three years before, Hana was naked and severely underweight. Her head had recently been shaved, and her body bore the scars of repeated beatings with a plastic plumbing hose. Carri had originally sent Hana outside that day as a punishment, ordering her to do jumping jacks to stay warm.
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